Lot 131
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A Meissen figure of a Rotissier from the Cris de Paris Series
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A Meissen figure of a Rotissier from the Cris de Paris Series

CIRCA 1757, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED 34

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A Meissen figure of a Rotissier from the Cris de Paris Series
Circa 1757, blue crossed swords mark, incised 34
Modelled by P. Reinicke, in a white hat, shirt and apron, light-green breeches and black shoes, standing holding a spit impaling a chicken, before a tree-stump on a scroll-moulded mound base enriched in gilding (his left arm restored below elbow, slight flaking to black enamel)
5¼in. (13.5cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Cf. Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures (London, 1987), p. 109, pl. XXXI for a similar example. The Cris de Paris series, modelled by P. Reinicke and J. J. Kändler in 1753/5 is probably the only series of figures derived from a series of drawings specifically commissioned for the purpose. The original drawings, still in the possession of the Manufacture, by Christophe Huet, brother of Jean-Charles, the manufacturer's Paris agent, were sent from Paris by him in 1753.

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